Linda wrote: > And, an easy way to replicate that is to put A in A1, then put B in > B1.....then select BOTH cells, A1 and B1, then grab the fill handle (the > little box at the corner of B1) with the skinny black cross and drag that > over to AB1 and it will automatically fill it with C, D, E, etc. > Well, I tried that, Linda (feeling sure it would work in Excel 2000) but it didn't - what it gave me was a repeating sequence of A B A B ... I feel sure I'm missing something - maybe one has to add the alphabet as a series by hand? That's why I left it out of my instructions. I wonder if you could elucidate. Thank you! Andrew ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************